ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73054
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 January 1944 |
| Time: | 03:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XIII |
| Owner/operator: | 410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | HK468 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF stn Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Castle Camps |
Mosquito HK468: Took off at 01:50 hrs for Scramble. 05/01/1944
Returned early owing a ASI u/s, overshot crosswind landing RAF Castle Camps.
At 03:35 hrs morning crew in Mosquito HK468 returned from operation scramble with ASI u/s approximately 3-400 yards from the end a 1700 yard runway. Pilot realising speed was too fast he attempted to ground loop completely wracking a new aircraft. The pilot W/O James was recommended for transfer to day flying.
Crew:
W/O (R/87895) C.H. JAMES (pilot) RCAF - OK
F/Sgt (R/77494) T.C. LEWINE (nav.) RCAF - OK
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2010 10:55 | NePa | Added |
| 11-Nov-2011 10:40 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2012 08:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 01-Mar-2012 07:00 | Nepa | Updated [Location] |
| 27-May-2014 06:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2014 12:51 | MiG15 | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Aug-2015 16:08 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2015 09:31 | Ing Edcker | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2015 11:10 | Giggs | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2016 08:18 | MiG15 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2016 10:18 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2019 21:08 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Dec-2021 11:14 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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